Review: Carnival Cold Case

CARNIVAL COLD CASE - R. Barri Flowers

Criminal Case Files (Book #3)

Harlequin Intrigue

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Shirley Fleming (A)

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
REVIEW: Stefanie Nguyen is a new resident of Reston Hills, Idaho. She never expected that taking a walk through Reston Park she would find a dead body at the annual Founders Day celebration. That’s how she met Detective Campbell Sawyer. He was assigned to the case. These two are attracted to each other but try to keep things on a professional level. The more time they spend discussing the case, the stronger their attraction grows and things progress naturally. They fall in love. Thinking that Stephanie knows too much, the killer decides to kidnap her and kill her. Campbell has put all the pieces together and knows that Stephanie is in danger. He races to find her before she ends up like the other victims. Dead.

Stefanie is a widow and Tai Chi and Yoga instructor. Four months ago, she sold her studio and moved from San Antonia, Texas, to Reston Hills to have a fresh start. Even though she doesn’t have to work she decides to open a yoga and tai chi studio to keep busy. Campbell is a detective with the Reston Hills Police Department. He is investigating drug related deaths that resembles an unsolved homicide twenty years earlier. He hopes to solve both cases to give his father, a retired policeman some peace for not solving the case during his time.

CARNIVAL COLD CASE is another hang on to your seat thriller by this award-winning author. The characters are well-developed and multifaceted. This one surrounds the killing of two young females in the local park. The similarities to a twenty year old unsolved murder is too close to ignore. It had to be the same killer. This author’s amazing stories and attention to details make his books an instant hit. This page turner will keep you engrossed until the killer is revealed. Which will come as a complete surprise. A person you would never consider to be a cold bloodied killer. But sometimes it’s someone hiding in plain sight.

CARNIVAL COLD CASE is entertaining, enjoyable, and a thought provoking read. From the beginning of the story you can tell some long hidden secrets are about to be revealed. To learn what they are, you’ll have to read the book


13th April 2026 | romcol@caribsurf.com